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Chapter 856: The Soviet Union and Germany started fighting
June 21, 1941.
The battlefield in North China suddenly became lively.
The First Army led by Yoshio Shinozuka and the First Army of the National Revolution led by Han Xihou started the first round of competition on the outskirts of Lan County.
The First Army of the National Revolutionary Army was the original army of the superiors, the party army of the Whampoa Military Academy, the most powerful army of the Central Army, and a famous ace army.
The two sides deployed their troops outside Lan County. Hu Zongnan originally thought that Han Xihou could at least hold off Shinozuka Yoshio for five or six days.
After he knew that Yoshio Shinozuka had set out, he quickly ordered Kong Lingxun's 80th Army in the east to provide reinforcements.
Tao Zhiyue, deputy commander of the 34th Army, also led his troops from the rear to Lan County, preparing to cooperate internally and externally to annihilate Yoshio Shinozuka's 40th Division.
But the reality was that after only holding out for one day, Han Xihou lost more than half of his men and had to retreat hastily.
His retreat directly put Kong Lingxun, who came to reinforce, in a difficult position.
Yoshio Shinozuka did not chase Han Xihou to attack him, but took advantage of his retreat to turn his gun and kill Kong Lingxun's 80th Army.
Fortunately, Kong Lingxun used his troops in a cautious manner, and the divisions were not far apart. The first division that Shinozuka Yoshio encountered was the newly formed 27th Division of the 80th Army.
After the two sides encountered each other, the newly formed 27th Division thought that the opposite side was just an auxiliary peripheral force. It was not until the battle broke out that they found out that it was actually the main force of the Japanese army.
In order to delay the main force of the Japanese army, the commander of the newly formed 27th Division Wang Jun, deputy commander Liang Xixian, and chief of staff Chen Wenqi all died in battle.
The troops suffered heavy losses. When Dong Zhao of the 16th Army came to rescue, the entire battlefield was littered with corpses.
It is undeniable that Yoshio Shinozuka's unexpected victory did make Hu Zongnan panic.
Yan Laoxi, who was originally preparing to support Hu Zongnan, saw that the situation was not right and led his men to withdraw to Linfen.
Hu Zongnan was beaten dizzy by the troops led by Yoshio Shinozuka. After only a few days of fighting, he lost half an army and a division. If he retreated, his superiors would probably bite him to death in front of everyone.
But how could they continue the fight if they didn't go back? At this moment, Gao Fuqiu, the station chief of the Military Control Station in Taiyuan City, risked her life to go out of the city and delivered a secret telegram from Boss Dai to Hu Zongnan. It was this secret telegram that gave Hu Zongnan confidence in an instant.
This secret telegram described the situation of the troops in Yoshio Shinozuka's hands and the situation of the garrison in Taiyuan City.
Hu Zongnan judged from the secret telegram that Yoshio Shinozuka's surprise attack was not his original intention, but he had to do so.
In fact, Shinozuka Yoshio had already realized that if Hu Zongnan was allowed to rush to the city of Taiyuan steadily, with 260,000 troops facing the tens of thousands of people under his command, Taiyuan City would definitely not be able to be defended.
In this case, the only option is to take a risk, achieve a surprise victory, and scare Hu Zongnan back.
Because he knew Hu Zongnan's character and knew he would not easily use a large amount of money to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese.
As long as we put on an attitude of life and death and pick on a few weak targets, we will surely make Hu Zongnan give up.
For this reason, he requested additional supplies from the expeditionary force headquarters, and brought a large amount of supplies with him to fight a decisive battle with the enemy.
If it weren't for the secret message that came later, his plan might have actually succeeded.
After Hu Zongnan realized that the other side was playing an empty city trick, he immediately ordered his troops to advance at full speed.
Tao Zhiyue was ordered to lead the newly formed 126th Division, the 55th Division, the 57th Division, as well as Dong Zhao of the th Army and Kong Lingxun of the th Army, totaling people, to use an iron bucket formation to hold back Shinozuka Yoshio and prevent him from returning to Taiyuan City for support.
The so-called iron bucket formation is to connect all the troops front, back, left and right, and only surround but not attack. However, if Yoshio Shinozuka wants to break through in a certain direction, all the troops will rush forward.
Yoshio Shinozuka only has more than 50,000 people under his command, and with the loss of supplies along the way, he will definitely not be able to hold out for long.
Hu Zongnan mobilized the only heavy artillery division of the 34th Army to attack Taiyuan City.
On June 25, Hu Zongnan captured Taiyuan City. The 39th Division stationed in Taiyuan City abandoned the city and joined Yoshio Shinozuka's troops.
After Hu Zongnan entered the city, before he had time to be happy, he received top-secret information from the Military Control Commission.
Tada Shun directly assigned the 11th Division, 34th Division, and 15th Mixed Brigade to the North China Front.
In addition, the 24th and th Mixed Brigade under Iida Sadatsugu in Shandong were concentrated together, and together with the puppet troops of Zhang Lanfeng, Liu Yanming and the puppet th Division, a total of more than people rushed straight to Shanxi with great momentum.
At the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka also led his troops out of the encirclement and joined forces with Tada Shun. The two sides, totaling 130,000 people, marched towards Taiyuan City.
At this time, you either fight in the city or abandon it.
Just when Hu Zongnan was in a dilemma, the international situation changed drastically. On June 25, Operation Barbarossa, which was originally planned to be implemented on June 27, was implemented ahead of schedule.
With the coordination of multiple arms including the German armored group and air force, Germany demonstrated a strong offensive capability on the plains of East Europe.
The loving father was very angry when he received the news that the border was attacked by the Germans.
At this time, he had not yet realized that this was a war to defend the country, but instead righteously demanded that the border troops stabilize the situation and launch a counterattack.
The generals at the front were a little confused by this order, and the loving father did not understand the current situation at all.
Before the situation at the front stabilized, German tanks had already poured into the plains of East Europe.
At this time, let alone resistance, they couldn't even organize a decent defense, and the troops were in disarray...
At the same time, the expeditionary force headquarters far away in Shanghai also received news of the outbreak of war between the Soviet Union and Germany.
consulate,
Chen Yang hasn't been here for a while. Ever since the incident with Yamamoto Yujiro, Li Xianshu seemed to have become a little, or should I say, wary of Chen Yang.
Chen Yang was no longer the person she could control at will, and she could no longer speak to him in an imperative tone.
Instead, he had to play the emotional card to make Chen Yang soften his heart and let Yamamoto Yujiro go.
In addition, Chen Yang has always shown no willingness to take over the intelligence work, so Li Xianshu can only let him develop freely.
However, the momentum of this development is obviously faster than her intervention.
The oil from the Navy Ministry and the supplies from the Army Ministry, these things that even the top leaders of the empire were helpless to deal with, but Chen Yang could easily deal with them.
The sales network he cooperated with Mantetsu has completely covered the previous network of Osaka Chamber of Commerce.
This also led to the Manchurian Railway's top management having special trust in him.
If the expeditionary army headquarters asks for supplies, the Manchuria Railway may still make excuses for various reasons, but if Chen Yang comes forward, Omura Takuichi will definitely find a way to meet his request.
With such a powerful network of relationships, Lord Nishio naturally treats him as his confidant.
In the office on the third floor, Chen Yang stood in front of the door, straightened his suit, and knocked on the door slowly.
Li Xianshu's voice came from the office: "Come in..."
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